Posts tagged "femininity"

It figures a mother who made headlines when she taught her six-year-old daughter to pole dance would find another way to make the news: Sarah Burge of the UK gave her girl, Poppy, a voucher for breast implants on her 7th birthday. Burge, who is known as "the Human Barbie" for her slavish…

Don’t get me wrong. I love rules. They’re great. They provide order. Structure. Prevent us from killing each other over the little things (Like your roommate eating the last of the Tostitos) and the big things (Like your roommate eating the last of the Lime Tostitos). Those rules are important, necessary even. But some rules,…

While any professional bodybuilder is a sight to behold, female bodybuilders are undoubtedly even more fascinating than their male counterparts -- for how they challenge expectations of gender. They morph their bodies into hyper-masculine, superhero-like proportions, turning the softness that typically characterizes a woman's curvy body to rock-hard muscle. Their rigorous weight-lifting literally leaves them…

There are many names you could call a stay-at-home dad who raises the young'uns while wifey brings home the bacon. "Mr. Mom." The babysitter. Or, according to Marie Claire magazine, a status symbol — the beta husband of the "alpha mom." One stay-at-home dad, however, has a different label he would like you…

It hurts to be beautiful: A woman's attractiveness is considered "detrimental" when applying for stereotypically masculine jobs, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver Business School. Someone get Citibank's Debrahlee Lorenzana on the phone, stat! [Daily Mail UK] A policeman in Afghanistan said a 48-year-old woman was executed i…

It's never too early to reinforce gender roles! Wilkins Elementary School in Maple Shade Township has canceled its third grade class' Women's History Month fashion show after (wait for it ... ) a parent complained that the boys and girls were both asked to create an outfit from a period of women's history,…

Ben Hill County Jail in Georgia will be undergoing some pretty severe interior decoration soon. So, why do we care? The whole jail will be painted Pepto-Bismol pink on the inside and re-refurbished in the girly hue: pink walls, pink shower curtains, pink bed sheets, pink blankets, even pink handcuffs. I wonder how…

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaa-dies! We've got a new porno mag out over in England! But unfortunately, Filament received a sour review from the Daily Mail, which hissed, "Most of the boys pictured are effeminate and not arousing." Indeed, we, too, are flabbergasted with Filament's idea of what makes women wet. Apparently it's skinny boy-men with soft…

“My boyfriend put on a long blonde wig for Halloween and it really turned me on. Am I a lesbian, or do I just like Fabio-look-alikes?” -- Bodice Ripping, San Francisco, CA Funny you should ask. I’m lying in bed with my laptop (I’ve got “the cramps”) and I was just watching my boyfriend jokingly…

Simply Irresistible

Over the years, we've poked fun at a lot of "based on a true story" movies that turned out to be bullshit. But then we thought that maybe we should stop giving Hollywood shit for embellishing history a bit if it lets them tell a slightly better story. So instead, we decided to give Hollywood…

As you slog your way through the myriad not-yet-April Fools' Day pranks that plague this nation, revel in this: no one has ever pranked someone better than Michael Jackson pranked Russell Crowe, and he did it for years. In an interview with The Guardian, Crowe revealed that despite having never met Jackson,…